fox has a bad reputation for messing up shows and they deserve it. on the other hand, most of these shows wouldn't exist if fox didn't take a chance on them. i'm all for bashing the network when they deserve it but this is an equal opportunity crapfest.
That's pretty much it for me. I think Joss Whedon's great and all, but this feels like the worst thing he's done. Honestly, the one episode I watched felt like 45 minutes of filler of a lame undercover story and >5 minutes of important stuff. And even if I am able to accept that most of the other episodes' undercover bits are better than the one I watched, I don't think it matters that much. Because with shows like Alias, Veronica Mars, or even 21 Jumpstreet, the fun is watching characters I care about in situations that effect them as characters as it is about how the characters effect the situations. But here, the characters get wiped after every situation.
Or maybe they don't.
Which is intriguing. And if that was what the show was about, I might be more interested. Unfortunately, it's only a few minutes of the episode I saw, and instead Whedon seems to be vested in the concept of Echo and Co. being tossed into any new situation every week. It can be an adventure, horror, a musical, a murder mystery, or any combination of the above.
I guess I can understand the draw of being able to choose from any of those things to create a new episode every week but with these blank-slate characters, I just really don't care. And that it's all about human trafficking -- ugh. I want to believe Whedon's trying to say something about it all, but he just hasn't earned it from me with this show, and I'll be more than content to read other people's opinions about it. There's too much other stuff I'd rather watch.
Man, between Dollhouse and Fringe this year, I'm seriously disappointed
On the bright side, if this does get cancelled, maybe Dr. Horrible II will be along sooner.
